* You need to have an internal IDE card which is not used for anything but disk imaging.

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* You need to have an external hard drive power supply, so that you can power the IDE drives without using your computer's power supply. (If you use your computer's power supply, you can easily crash your computer when attaching or detaching the power supply.)

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Here's how to set it up:

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# [[How To Set Up a Disk Imaging Station|Set up a disk imaging station]].

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# Do not connect your imaging drive yet!

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# Boot the computer in FreeBSD.

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# Attach the IDE hard drive

=See Also=

=See Also=

[[How To Set Up a Disk Imaging Station]]

[[How To Set Up a Disk Imaging Station]]

[[Category:HowTos]]

[[Category:HowTos]]

Revision as of 02:06, 7 February 2008

Here is a photo of my disk imaging system:

Key elements of the disk imaging system:

You need to have an internal IDE card which is not used for anything but disk imaging.

You need to have an external hard drive power supply, so that you can power the IDE drives without using your computer's power supply. (If you use your computer's power supply, you can easily crash your computer when attaching or detaching the power supply.)